06-20-2008, 06:01 PM
Herbert?Spencer Wrote:He signed off on his dissertation as the sole author, but now admits that in reality his effort was but 6.25% of a project in which he "collaborated" with 15 others.
As noted here, "In the physical and biological sciences, it's common for papers in journals to have multiple authors -- sometimes dozens of them..."?
However, "Graduate departments do not welcome collaborative dissertations, and the panel didn't suggest that they start doing so."
Perhaps Gollin just didn't get it. Judging from that lame "explanation," maybe he still doesn't get it.
As a public service, Collaboration for Physics Majors:
Collaboration in journal articles = okay
Collaboration on dissertations = not okay
Although, after reading all that bullshit about his really neat friends and his cool vacations I think the answer is a little simpler: He knew damn well he wasn't supposed to collaborate on his dissertation and did it anyway. He figured he'd be 27 years down the road before anybody even noticed.
You know Gollin is just sitting there, picking his nose, scratching his fat ass and saying "Yeah, I collaborated, and so fucking what? Nobody took back MLK's degree for plagiarism and they aren't going to take back mine either."
Has anybody written to Princeton yet? I bet George has. "Some little pricks are going to be writing in, telling you a bunch of lies about me! My dissertation isn't bogus. My wife doesn't sell mutant pigs. My daughter isn't a lesbian. Diploma mill lies, I tell you, lies! Anybody who writes in, give me their names and addresses and I'll turn 'em over to the feds!"